[FIN] The GPS Lied...

[Blood_Goddess]

There wasn't a lot of Kodo that Jerome actually knew, and when it came out, it seemed that the higher ranking that were in charge of him didn't seem to like that one bit.
So he had been given a job, one that he was required to do, and one that took the ex-gangster far out of his knowledge of city layouts.

So far out, that he was... pretty sure he was lost.
Even this ******** GPS wasn't working right for him, of course though, that seemed to be his luck with mechanics.

Taking a smoke break, tired of driving, Jerome had pulled over off the road on... who knows where, and was currently sitting outside under the shadow of a tree, with a cigarette between his teeth.
though he might have been stressed, his posture didn't know it at all, sitting hunched over, with a mild, calm expression on his face.

Sitting against the man's back, with his arms behind his head, a ghost type lounged lazily with his eyes closed, giving all the appearance that he was sleeping.  

[Gwennythe]

The car had been the first thing that Henrietta had spotted.
She didn't really know the ins-and-outs of vehicles, had no clue what did what or how adults drove these things around... but she /did/ like them.
Cars could be used for racing, they could look neat (and getting around could be quicker when someone drove you) plus they were loud and, to be honest, she kind of liked the noises.

She didn't intend to drive it anywhere, of course, but she couldn't resist. The girl opened the door and slipped inside, lifting Gummy up into the passenger seat, then sitting in the driving seat herself.
"Vrrrrrum!" She grinned, affixing both hands to the steering wheel and 'jiggling it' just slightly as she pretended to drive.
The girl didn't really consider that someone might not want her to do this; they'd left it unlocked after all and it wasn't like she was actually driving away with it.

Gummy stared, wide-eyed yet not so different from his usual expression at all, at the vehicle around him. His tail-tip flicked back and forth for a few moments.

Henrietta got rather taken in by her game of 'driving'. Without thinking, she reached out and tapped the center of the steering wheel, intending to voice the horn herself, but going wide-eyed with a slightly panicked delight as it sounded loud.



She so shouldn't have been in here- that was loud!- but that was awesome!  

[Blood_Goddess]

Jerome had not been paying attention... AT all, just minding his own business, never giving a second thought to the fact that someone might actually be around here, let alone climb into the vehicle he had been using.

The sudden explosion of sound from it caused Jerome and the Ghost to snap up, jerking into a higher posture as they were startled into awareness.
Two sets of eyes looked over at the Vehicle, blinking as they spotted the form of someone moving inside. <********..." Jerome muttered, glancing behind him at Bro, who was already floating up.
Joining him, Jerome brushed a hand on the back of his pants as he walked over to the car, stepping up next to the drivers side window where he pulled the cigarette out of his mouth and used his other hand to rap lightly on the glass.

There was a girl inside, young girl from the looks of it, with purple hair, she had a pokemon with her too.

Bro, who had a similar idea, except with the means to drift through solid objects, draped himself between the passenger side seat and the drivers seat, glancing between the two with his large eyes half lidded and a toothy frown.
"Gar...."  

[Gwennythe]

"Oh man... Oops!" Henrietta muttered, lifting herself out of her seat a little so that she could see out properly, grinning sheepishly as suddenly someone tapped on the window.
She turned her head with a butter-wouldn't-melt expression, practiced from often finding herself 'in trouble' with her parents at home.
"Sorry! Sorry, that was loud! This car is pretty cool though!" Her eyes then lit up as she noticed the tattoos and the strange appearance of the man who'd tapped.
"WOW! You look awesome!" All of this was likely muffled as she'd yet to remember to roll down the window or open the door yet.
She caught Bro's movement out of the corner of her eye, or perhaps felt something change, and whipped around to see the ghost materializing.
"OH MAN! A Gengar! You both look /SO AWESOME!/" The purple-haired girl enthused, delight apparently removing any guilt or apprehension about the situation.

The sudden appearance of the Gengar registered no change in Gummy's expression, however, unusually, there was definitely a response. As Bro came between him and his trainer, the little crocodile pokémon opened his mouth and immediately let a little stream of a water gun loose at the ghost.  

[Blood_Goddess]

Both Bro and Jerome seemed to be surprised by her reaction, followed by a great deal of enthusiasm, and a trickle of water hit the back of Bro's head and ran down his back.
Having been blinking at the girl with a growing grin, the large Gengar turned around slowly, one eyes squinting as he looked at the tododile that just got him wet.
"Gar..."

Jerome reached out for the handle, and opened the door, peering in at the girl
"Y'ame it a habbit f'goin climin' in unlocked cars?"
He had left it unlocked, he should have known better, considering where he was from.  

[Gwennythe]

The Totodile stared, impassively, at the large ghost type he'd just squirted water at. His jaws were closed now and, if anything, he looked kind of zoned out; eyes as vacant as ever.

His trainer, however, was much more animated.

"Are you guys bikers?! You have awesome tattoos! No, wait, you've gotta car so you can't be bikers right?! Either way these are awesome! How did you do that to your eyes?! Man that's so cool! What's your Gengar's name? He's so awesome and glow-y!" Her face was pretty much a picture of hyperactive delight, as she turned to look at the back of the Gengar again on asking the question, before turning back, realising she should probably answer what was asked.
With a 'winningly' sheepish grin, head slightly tilted, she replied.
"Naah... I've never actually come across one left out here like this before and it looked pretty cool! Gummy and me usually walk everywhere! I bet driving's cool though! But why are you out here? Are you lost?!"  

[Blood_Goddess]

Jerome arched an eyebrow as the girl talked... and talked, and talked some more. All questions, asked, if she didn't look so excited he would think she was nervous.
He let her go on though, standing there calmly, just watching her as he listed his cigarette to his lips, took a long slow draw from it as she continued to talk, and blew to smoke out away from the car.

"Kinda lost, ye'a" He grunted in reply, the other questions she had asked already long gone from being able to remember what they were. "Been drivin' all mornin'"

Bro snorted and looked over at Henriette, rolling his eyes after a glance at Jerome and flopped back onto the back seats. Clearly had not liked being stuck in a car.  

[Gwennythe]

"All morning? Where are you tryna go?! We've been up and down from here to Sagestone a coupla times now so I bet we could help!" The girl grinned, then turned as Bro flopped back into the back seats.
Immediately she tried to climb between the two front seats into the back after him.
"I've never seen a Gengar so up close! What's his name?" She asked again "Man, you look awesome!" Very definitely directed at the Gengar this time.

Gummy had taken to staring at Jerome's left arm, still dripping on the passenger seat.  

[Blood_Goddess]

Jerome nodded, yeah, all morning, and he had honestly no idea where he was... it had lots of trees... and no buildings, that was pretty much the extent of what he knew about where he was.
"M'lookin t'get t'some place s'got lots of museums n' some s**t." He replied, "Jinko?"
He watched as the girl got excited and climbed in the back seat after Bro, He couldn't help a slight grin at her enthusiasm, though honestly her lack of fear was a bit refreshing too.

With her out of his sight he looked instead to the pokemon int he passenger seat, though pointedly at the water dripping from its mouth.
"Hey" He grunted to the pokemon "watch th'seat, yer drippin'"

Bro lifted his head, blinking as he found the girl crawling in the back seat with him, clearly amazed by him he cracked a wide smirk and floated up a little facing her
"Gar gar, Gengar!" He spoke smugly flexing proudly  

[Gwennythe]

"Oh yeah! Jinko!" Came the enthusiastic reply as Henrietta managed to crawl through, finally, and reach the seat next to Bro. "We haven't gotten there yet but it's probably really awesome! Sagestone and Makko are cool but they aren't full of trees and I bet there's some awesome bug pokémon, or grass types, in all those trees!"

Gummy regarded the space to the left of Jerome's head with impassive eyes and opened his mouth, letting whatever was left of the water to simply drop out. Perhaps it was his way of fixing the fact he had been 'dripping', or perhaps he simply had decided to open his mouth at that particular moment.

Henrietta's grin couldn't compete with a Gengar's, of course, but it did seem like she was trying.
"Awesome!" She declared, as Bro flexed, and lifted a finger, curious, to see if the ghost would let her poke the arm.  

[Blood_Goddess]

"Ain't got a clew how to get there either." Jerome made note, when she brought up Sagestone and Makko. "Ya one f'those trainers who travel 'round?"

The corner of Jerome's mouth twitch when the water type opened his mouth and the rest of the water splashed out onto the seat... well, at least that was Bro's seat, and now his.

Bro' just cackled more, reaching out to ruffle the girls hair.  

[Gwennythe]

"Oh that's easy! You just keep going South along here and then look out for signs or stuff!" The girl called from the back seat chirpily.
"Yeah! I'm on a pokémon journey! Gonna travel /all over/ this island and stuff and catch a really cool team and me and Gummy and Winglet are gonna battle everyone we can! Hey! We should battle! I bet your Gengar is really strong but Gummy could beat him! Or Winglet! She's my Zubat!"

Henrietta grinned and scrunched down a little bit as Bro' ruffled her hair.
"So what d'ya two say? We could battle right?!"

Gummy continued to stare at the space to the left of Jerome, mouth snapping twice slowly.  

[Blood_Goddess]

South? Jerome glanced around. What... way was South?
He didn't have much time to consider it though, as the girl continued to talk, this time bringing up the prospect of a pokemon battle.
Inked eyes widened a little at the challenge,
"We ain't... really trainers though kid." Jerome pointed out.

Bro' seemed to be all for the idea though, leaping up into the air with a clacking his teeth, punching one fist into an open palm, SO ready to take someone on!  

[Gwennythe]

"Whatcha mean, 'not really trainers'?! You and Gengar are together and your heading somewhere with lotsa pokémon and," She giggled at Bro's reaction and near enough mimicked the motion, though ended up punching the ceiling of the car a little- it didn't seem to phase her much "Gengar's raring to go! And you can bet Gummy and me are! And Winglet too! It'll be awesome!" The girl suddenly leaned forward, her top half appearing between the seats and an encouraging, wide, grin across her face.
"Come on! You're not scared we're gonna beat you? We are pretty tough but it's alright to lose ya know!"  

[Blood_Goddess]

Before Jerome could say anything more the Gengar floated past Henriette, and outside the car. eyes wide as he looked at Jerome, arms wide and trying to get the gangster to agree.

Letting out a sigh through his nose that was joined with a jet of smoke, the older man put his cigarette out and flicked it away.
"D'no kid, Bro' n'I F'been together f'a long time." He advised, stepping back and opening the back door to let the kid out.
"Out F'the car first."